Thursday's Best Bet: Benefit screening of 'Big City Knights'

View full sizeMike Greenlar / The Post Standard Ray Rinaldi, 82, is the executive director of the North Area and West Area Athletic and Education Centers in Syracuse. He is standing next to a heavy bag inside his gym at 307 S. Geddes St. In back is the shadow of boxer Oscar Peralta, 16.

Comedy, boxing and a movie premiere

The Palace Theatre on James Street will be hopping tonight.

There will be stand-up comedy courtesy of Australian native Jim Dailakis, who now works out of New York City.

There will be boxing demonstration by veteran Ray Rinaldi and his students-of-the-ring.

And as a topper, Syracusan-turned-Hollywood filmmaker Tim Scanlon will answer questions after a premiere screening of his latest, “Big City Knights.”

Says IMDB.com about the action movie: “Jack Dalton, a Texas Marshal, is teamed up with a bounty hunter, Nathan Steele. Both are tracking a terrorist bomber who’s been screwed over by the U.S. Government.”

The night benefits Rinaldi and his North Area and West Area Athletic and Education Centers.